How to manage IAM user security credentials?

SDB Explorer provides an easy interface to manage credentials with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). This enables users to list, create, delete, update users credentials. A User is an unique identity that can interact with AWS services to your AWS account.

Follow the steps below to manage the credentials of an user : Run the SDB Explorer and get authenticated with specified credentials. Click on the IAM button at toolbar. It will open the IAM panel. Now choose the nick-name and click on the Go button. Groups and their related users will be listed in the tree structure at left panel. Select an user, right click on it and select 'User Security Credentials' option. You will see a window titled 'User Security Credentials' .

List Credentials -

1. In this window you see Access Key, Creation Date of access key and Status of credentials i.e. Active or Inactive.

Note :

• If no access key created yet for user, then Access Key and Create Date fields will be blanked.
• An user can contain maximum two Access key. So if a user have two access key then he can view the details associated with that access key by selecting it from Access Key drop down list.

Create Credentials -

1. Click on Create button to create new access key and secret key. You may get any one of these cases-
   1. If no access key exist yet for user then create will generate new access key.
   2. If you already have an access key then it will generate on more access key for you. You can have maximum two access keys.
   3. If you already own two access keys then it will prompt you for exceeding quota of creating access keys associated with an user.
2. On successful creation, it will show you secret key associtated with the Access Key, Creation Date and Status.
3. Also you will see here are only two options available i.e. Copy Secret Key and Close .
4. As SDB Explorer is not storing this secret key anywhere so copy your secret key using Copy Secret Key button and paste it in text file for future reference.
5. Close this panel.

Update Credentials -

1. Select user right click option 'User Security Credentials' .
2. Select Access Key from drop down, if you have two access keys.
3. You can update the Status of Access Key only, so choose status that is Active or Inactive to be updated.
4. Now click on Update button and on updation you will get message that "Updated Succussfully" .

Delete Credentials -

1. Select user right click option 'User Security Credentials' .
2. Select Access Key to be deleted from drop down, if you have two access keys.
3. Click on Delete button and on deletion you will get message that "Deleted Succussfully" .
4. After deletion it will remove the associated information with that Access Key.

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